"What are you trying to do? You—you can't think that name has anything to do with you! If you dare touch me, I'd rather die than let you have your way!" Liu Erlong breathed raggedly, unable to explain the fear she felt around Ye Qiu.
"Heh. You're a dignified Soul Saint at level seventy-nine. Is there really any need to be so afraid of me?" Ye Qiu turned around with a teasing smile and looked at Liu Erlong.
"M-Me, afraid of you?"
Liu Erlong froze for a moment, then hurriedly said,
"Don't joke around. I'm only afraid you'll hurt my daughter, you beast."
"Haha." Ye Qiu smiled and slowly approached Liu Erlong. "If I really bullied you again, would you truly be willing to die? What would become of our daughter if you died? She hasn't even been weaned yet."
"!"
Liu Erlong's expression changed drastically. She gritted her teeth and glared viciously at Ye Qiu.
"Don't come any closer!"
As soon as she finished speaking,
Liu Erlong summoned her Martial Soul and glared at Ye Qiu.
"I won't. I'm not interested in women who don't cooperate." Ye Qiu shrugged and sat down beside the table. He took a box from his Soul Tool and slowly opened it. "I came here this time just to give you a gift."
As he spoke,
Ye Qiu opened the box. Inside lay a fiery red Inner Core.
"I don't want it," Liu Erlong said coldly. "All I want is for you to give my daughter back. I don't care about your things."
Ye Qiu ignored her and explained on his own, "I got this Inner Core after killing a strange beast called the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent on the Hell Road in the City of Slaughter. It contains most of the beast's